TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying the impact of landscape pattern on ecosystem services in the middle reaches of the yangtze river urban agglomerations, China
AU - Liu, Luwen
AU - Chen, Xingrong
AU - Chen, Wanxu
AU - Ye, Xinyue
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The research is sponsored in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41701629) and support from the Open Topic of Hunan Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Utilization (Grant No. SYS-MT-201903).
Funding Information:
The research is sponsored in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41701629) and support from the Open Topic of Hunan Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Utilization (Grant No. SYS-MT-201903).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - Clarifying the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services is highly important for effective ecosystem protection, policymaking, and landscape planning. However, previous literature lacks knowledge about the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services from a spatial perspective. Thus, this study measured landscape patterns and the ecosystem services value (ESV) using a series of landscape pattern metrics and an improved benefit transfer method based on land-use data from 2015. It explores the impact mechanisms of the landscape pattern metrics on the ESV using the ordinary least-squares method and spatial regression models in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations (MRYRUA), China. We found that forestland was the main landscape type in the MRYRUA, followed by cultivated land, and the fragmentation degree of cultivated land was significantly higher than that of forestland. The findings demonstrate that landscape pattern metrics had a significant impact on ecosystem services, but could vary greatly. Moreover, ecosystem services in the MRYRUA exhibited significant spatial spillover effects and cross-regional collaborative governance was an effective means of landscape planning. This paper acts as a scientific reference and effective guidance for landscape planning and regional ecosystem conservation in MRYRUA and other similarly fast-growing urban agglomerations.
AB - Clarifying the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services is highly important for effective ecosystem protection, policymaking, and landscape planning. However, previous literature lacks knowledge about the impact mechanisms of landscape patterns on ecosystem services from a spatial perspective. Thus, this study measured landscape patterns and the ecosystem services value (ESV) using a series of landscape pattern metrics and an improved benefit transfer method based on land-use data from 2015. It explores the impact mechanisms of the landscape pattern metrics on the ESV using the ordinary least-squares method and spatial regression models in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations (MRYRUA), China. We found that forestland was the main landscape type in the MRYRUA, followed by cultivated land, and the fragmentation degree of cultivated land was significantly higher than that of forestland. The findings demonstrate that landscape pattern metrics had a significant impact on ecosystem services, but could vary greatly. Moreover, ecosystem services in the MRYRUA exhibited significant spatial spillover effects and cross-regional collaborative governance was an effective means of landscape planning. This paper acts as a scientific reference and effective guidance for landscape planning and regional ecosystem conservation in MRYRUA and other similarly fast-growing urban agglomerations.
KW - China
KW - Ecosystem services value
KW - Landscape pattern metrics
KW - Middle reaches of the Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations
KW - Spatial regression analysis
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17145063
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17145063
M3 - Article
C2 - 32674375
AN - SCOPUS:85087905969
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 26
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 14
M1 - 5063
ER -